Data Citation Index (DCI)
The Data Citation Index on the Web of Science provides descriptive records for data objects and links them to literature articles on the platform.
Records in the Data Citation Index (DCI) are intended to:
provide attribution for a data object to the person(s) and institution(s) creating the data
provide a standard form of citation for each data object to encourage citation (the format of the data citation recommended follows the DataCite guidelines)
track citations and reuse of data in the scientific literature and provide bidirectional links between research articles and the data they use or generate
provide a means to discover data associated with research publications.
Research Data Australia contributors whose collection records are able to meet the Data Citation Index’s metadata requirements and selection criteria, may be eligible for inclusion. In return, if selected by Clarivate for inclusion, the contributor will have access to the Data Citation Index to enable them to review the implementation of their data.
Broadly, in order to be accepted into the Data Citation Index, contributor records in a Research Data Australia data source:
must be able to provide minimum required metadata required to validate against the DCI schema
should describe data objects held in repositories under the control of the Research Data Australia contributor (if necessary, inappropriate records can be "tagged" for exclusion from the harvest to DCI)
should describe data collections, datasets or software - see RIF-CS Collection Type
must meet the Data Citation Index repository selection policy.
Clarivate will work closely with any Research Data Australia contributors interested in participating, however please note, that for some contributors this may require optimisations to your RIF-CS metadata before a production harvest to the Data Citation Index can be established. A mapping from RIF-CS to the DCI schema is provided for information. Optionally, for Data Source Administrators (DSAs) that would like to preview records in their data source that have been transformed to the DCI metadata format (XML output) using the mapping, ARDC has developed a simple web service that can be used.
Contact services@ardc.edu.au if you are interested in engaging with Clarivate further with a view to participating in the Data Citation Index.